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To: drmatt

How about:

Don’t built a nuclear reactor: (a) on a massive fault and (b) the tsunami area at the same time.


12 posted on 04/04/2011 2:27:28 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca

This was Tepco’s operating procedure:

“In an attempt to solidify its cover-up, TEPCO prepared two versions of in-house inspection reports—an internal one with actual data and an official one with falsified data—for regular inspections at both of the nuclear power plants during those years, according to Hitachi’s internal documents.”

Once it was known this was the kind of company operating a Nuke plant ...and there were many more coverups and issues...so many it boggles my mind...

Someone should have gotten in there and done something about the safety.


14 posted on 04/04/2011 2:55:06 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Jewbacca

One of the problems with current generation light water reactors is the low thermal efficiency - about 33%. This means 67% of the heat generated by the reactor must be dissipated to the environment, which is why many reactors are loacted near the ocean or other large bodies of water. With its higher thermal efficiency, the MHR can be located in much drier areas. The thermal efficiency is ultimately limited by the laws of thermodynamics, but the MHR can operate much closer to this limit, with efficiencies near 50%.


16 posted on 04/04/2011 3:00:57 PM PDT by drmatt
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